do you spot the weird thing with this bass??

[MrMusashi]

Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray Electric Bass Guitar Black - eBay (item 220370441257 end time Mar-07-09 22:00:41 PST)

i had to view it up close to see it...

MrM

 

[strummer]

You mean that it's a HH conversion? It looks a little iffy with the neck pu that far back...

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Isn't that a Sabre with a Stingray neck?

 

[strummer]

Isn't that a Sabre with a Stingray neck?

Nope, the Sabre has a way different pick guard/control plate. Also, the newer ebmm Sabres didn't have exposed pole pieces.

 

[UniTap]

The 2nd hum seems very close to the bridge pu...

 

[ekb16b]

As strummer said I think its an HH conversion, Dual pup rays come out in 05' or so and they stopped using big bridges in the mid 90's.

 

[oddjob]

Its got toggles between the controls

 

[strummer]

Its got toggles between the controls

Lol yep that too, lots of weird things going on with this bass

 

[ekb16b]

Love the "We do our best to describe items accurately because the only surprises we want you to have are good ones!"

Can't really say that they are 'good' suprises.

 

[bovinehost]

It's got the old metal battery cover, too.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Its got toggles between the controls

Yeah that is what fooled me to believe it was a frankensteined Sabre, so what is it then? Anyone knows cause I sure don't

 

[bovinehost]

It's an experiment in weirdness that is only vaguely connected to the bass it once was.

 

[RobertB]

So when the neck pickup was hacked in, the "custom" electronics with coil taps (hence the toggles) went in too, huh? I wonder how they operate. Each toggle switch taps one of the humbuckers, I'm guessing, but I wonder if it's 2 positions each or 3 (outer/inner/both coils for each humbucker, or just outer OR inner and both). An oddity, but I'd prolly pay a few bills for it, just outta morbid curiosity.

 

[Psycho Ward]

No "made in SLO" on the back of the headstock sort of is weird to me, but I don't know when that was started.

 

[phatduckk]

It's got the old metal battery cover, too.

ya that's what i noticed. the old battery cover w/ new-ish electronics package (HH config)

 

[strummer]

ya that's what i noticed. the old battery cover w/ new-ish electronics package (HH config)

Yip, but with old style PU covers. I think it was converted a longish time ago...

 

[RobertB]

It's an experiment in weirdness that is only vaguely connected to the bass it once was.

Tolkien couldn't have said it better.

 

[RobertB]

Then again, could just be on/off for each pickup & no fancy taps. Seems likely.

So when the neck pickup was hacked in, the "custom" electronics with coil taps (hence the toggles) went in too, huh? I wonder how they operate. Each toggle switch taps one of the humbuckers, I'm guessing, but I wonder if it's 2 positions each or 3 (outer/inner/both coils for each humbucker, or just outer OR inner and both). An oddity, but I'd prolly pay a few bills for it, just outta morbid curiosity.

 

[MrMusashi]

somehow i think i could buy it just for the parts

but that might be because i lost the ebay auctions i participated in...

MrM

 

[davey]

when did the metal battery cover stop? new to some of the dates/changes....

thank you!!

davey